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    "The Man You Want Me To Be"genre: Christian Rock
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    Everyone we know, ourselves included, have an idea of who it is that we should be.
    CD: Bring It On   Label: Inpop Records
    Credits: ©2002 Ariose Music/ Near Bliss Music (ASCAP) (All rights administered by EMI Christian Music Publishing) All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission. International Copyright Secured.

    Story Behind the Song
    Everyone we know, ourselves included, have an idea of who it is that we should be. But, to stop and ask God exactly who is that we should be and to make us into the people we are meant to be, that is the daily challenge. To hear His voice above all other voice's After writing this song, I read Wild At Heart by John Eldredge, which really spoke to that place. This song is a summation of the journey i've been on for the last couple of years. In fact, essentially this entire record is about the lessons the Lord has been teaching me along this journey. The birth of my daughter is what kick started this prayer-that God would make me the man he has created me to be.

    Lyrics
    The Man You Want Me To Be
    Written by Phil Joel

    I played the fool so long
    Thought I was so strong
    All the while You knew it wasn't true
    Rerunning in my mind
    Memories of another time
    When all I ever lived for
    Was You

    Chorus:
    Jesus
    Make me the man You want me to be
    Jesus
    Make me the man You want me to be

    I've been listening all my life
    Words are spoken all the time
    I have heard the liars and the true
    Voices twisting in the air
    Sweetly sounding so unclear
    But nothing can replace a word
    From You

    A child is but for so long
    Turn around those days are gone
    Nothing can replace the years of youth
    I have swallowed lies
    That tasted true
    The plans I thought were sent from You
    When all You wanted was for me
    To be still

    The burning in the heart
    Of man's deepest desire
    Is rising like a flame

    The burning in the heart
    Of our deepest desire
    Rising like a flame
    Burning higher and higher
    Burning in the heart
    Of our deepest desire
    Is to know You

    ©2002 Ariose Music/ Near Bliss Music (ASCAP) (All rights administered by EMI Christian Music Publishing) All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission. International Copyright

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